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United States of America: US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denies motion for partial stay pending appeal in Epic Games v Apple

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US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denies motion for partial stay pending appeal in Epic Games v Apple

On 4 June 2025, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied Apple Inc.’s emergency motion for a partial stay pending appeal in the case Epic Games, Inc. v. Apple Inc. (No. 25-2935). The court considered factors for granting a stay, specific…

Scope

Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Unilateral conduct regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
software provider: app stores
Implementation Level
subnational
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
court

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2021-09-10
in force

On 10 September 2021, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California reached its v…

2021-10-08
under appeal

On 8 October 2021, one month after the US District Court for the Northern District of California re…

2021-12-08
adopted

On 8 December 2021, the Court of Appeals ruled to allow the delayment of previously ordered changes…

2023-04-24
in force

On 24 April 2023, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued its ruling concerning Epic G…

2023-07-17
under investigation

On 17 July 2023, the Court of Appeal postponed the abolition of Apple's anti-steering rules within …

2023-08-09
under investigation

On 9 August 2023, the US Supreme Court upheld the decision to delay the removal of Apple's anti-ste…

2023-09-27
under appeal

On 27 September 2023, Epic Games Inc. (Epic) filed a petition for a writ of certiorari in the Supre…

2023-09-27
under appeal

On 27 September 2023, Apple Inc. (Apple) filed a petition for a writ of certiorari in the Supreme C…

2025-04-30
in force

On 30 April 2025, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California issued i…

2025-06-04
in force

On 4 June 2025, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied Apple Inc.’s emergency motion …

2025-12-11
in force

On 11 December 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued its ruling in …

2026-05-04
under appeal

On 4 May 2026, Apple filed an application in the Supreme Court of the United States, directed to th…

2026-05-05
under appeal

On 5 May 2026, Epic Games filed its response to Apple's application for a stay of the Ninth Circuit…

2026-05-06
in force

On 6 May 2026, the Supreme Court of the United States denied Apple's application to stay the Ninth …